Mark's latest and greatest

Cary Design Studio does it again! And finally we're getting pictures up to prove it! This is one of the houses that Mark has been working on...fully designed, totally gutted, built on a second story, and now the family is calling it their dream home. It's gorgeous, inside and out (exterior pictures to follow)...and it's taken lots and lots and - words that can't even describe the amount of - hard work, patience, perserverance, nights, weekends, and maybe even some love and a lot of other words that was put into this joint. I am SO proud of my Mark...

kitchen soapstone countertops and backsplash, built in appliances,

and please do note the large window behind range, so cool

huge marble top island overlooking living room

lovely powder bath

custom barn door closing off family room

fireman's pole from second story game room to 7 year old boy's room

with chalkboard painted walls

master bath

(note the huge walk in closet in the background with dressing area AND natural light)

(wish it was mine)

master bath shower with lots of sprays and amazing stone mosaic wall

2nd floor game room with beverage bar on the left

another view...love this space

fitness room

guest bath with cove lit tile accent wall

GORGINA, eh?

If you want Mark Cary of Cary Design Studio to design YOUR home, you must act quickly! This bad boy might just be putting him over the edge (mainly being the contractor) and he's about to transition back to hospitality, where his real passion is.

 Imagine how amazing that work is if this isn't even a passion. :)

G & K Updates

It's been a while since we've had a G.Love update. That's Lauren's new name for him...and with Kali, it's G. Love and the Special K. Love it!

He's 10 months and 2 weeks old...crawling, cruising, climbing, standing, "talking" (when we call Kali in the backyard, "Kallllliiiiii"...he mimics and says "yaaaaaaawaaaaaaa" or something like that, in the same tone of voice, so funny!)...and charming all of the ladies at the grocery store with that sweet sweet smile. Just being a happy love bug that we love soooo much!

Kali needs an update too...she's 2 1/2 years old, so sweet and loving to her little brother. She loves it when Graham crawls up on her first thing in the morning (usually), playing in the backyard is both of their favorite events during the day, and she's getting to finally settle down a little and be sooo sweet and obedient (usually).

So here are some G. Love and the Special K recent photos!

the best!

from my (fairly) new cartoon app

spaghetti!!!

dancing!!!

my loves

our hard little worker!

G and the g at the zooooo

blurry, but so sweet

a climber

more G. Love and the Special K,

they love playing tug-of-war with sticks

Dogs truly are members of the family!

 (thanks, Jen! ;))

Mark's New Hardware - part 2

He's out of surgery...Dr. Hurt was surprised when he got in there and saw how much damage was really done. He really hit it hard and was shocked to see what happened because he's so young and since his bones are rock hard (he said).  So he has lots of plates and pins holding it together. There will be lots of swelling and pain for the next few days. Poor Marky.

You all are getting this news before he is...still waking up from his anesthesia and we should be able to go home pretty soon. Say some prayers that he heals swiftly!

In the bottom pic you can see how the area around the "ball" now cups it like it's supposed to. It's not pushed back like it was in the 1st set of pics. The doctor also said that Mark's likely going to have arthritis in this hand because of where this happend. :(

Again, prayers that he heals quickly and that his body heals back to normal.

Mark's New Hardware - part 1

One of my boys had a little incident on the soccer field this last weekend. Playing soccer a little too hard. If Graham was a little bit older, you might automatically think of him. But nope, it's my other boy....good ol' Mark fell back oh his wrist on Sunday and broke it in all kinds of pieces. I'm sitting in the waiting room right now while Mark is getting "hardware" pinned into his bones to put them back together. Due to the fabulous capabilities of technology, you can see his x-rays right now.

Left shows how the "ball" in his wrist pushed back the radius bone (the side that his thumb is on)...the part that is pushed back is kind of fuzzy (on the right), and that's because of all of the little pieces that it's in. OUCH. You can see another view of it in the middle pic. And the one on the right shows where he broke off another piece of bone...you can see it on the very right (I think it's the ulna) - the part that is just hangin there off the rest of the big part. OUCH again. And of course this is his right hand that he does everything with! OUCH.

So as I write, Dr. Hurt (yes, that's his name) is putting plates and pins around these bones to put them back into one piece. He will have to wear a cast for 3 weeks and then will have to wear a brace and do some phyical therapy. Not fun times for Marky-man.

Post-surgery pics to follow....

Backyard Conversations

Last week we had lots of ice, snow, and freezing cold..........

Graham: Hmmm, what is this stuff?

Kali: AWESOME!!!!!

Graham: Well, it's cold. And I can't really put it in my mouth.

Kali: C'mon Graham, let's PLAY!

Graham: Yeah, it's still cold.

Kali: Not too cold for me! I could lay out here all day!

And this weekend, it's 65 degrees and sunny........gotta love our great state of Texas...

 Heeyyyy...

Cool, this one might fit in my mouth.

Graham: Check this out Kali, cool, huh?

 I can't believe mom's letting me play in the dirt, I like it!

Weeeeeeeee

Wha?



Desire to Inspire

So many of you may be stuck at home due to the icy and snowy roads that have taken over the U.S., or maybe you're at home with the kids, or maybe you're just bored and happen to be reading our blog. :) Many of you have also come to me for advice for your interiors.Well, good news! I have something for you to do and/or get inspired for your homes!  When I started this blog, I had good intentions to post things about interior design, because I'm so inspired by other bloggers out there who do that. I wish I had more time to dedicate to doing that. (there are select few on the side bar that I do like to read.)

In the meantime, you can check these out. Really fun online magazines that I thought I would share the links to, in case you don't know about them. If you liked Domino, you will love these. Lifestyle magazines that haves great ideas, concepts, sources, etc for style, fashion, home, travel, and all that good stuff.  

High Gloss just came out this week...I've already saved a ton of the links to My Favorites...very inspiring and cool new sources. Rue is also so fun...very similar and all of these cool blogger gals who started these magazines know what they're talking about. Lonny is another fab mag.

Happy perusing! And stay warm out there!

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Trouble, as in trouble maker! We've got one on our hands at 8 1/2 months old! (Sorry for the repeat facebook pics...this is just so funny. It's his first real mischief!)

Tonight when I took my eyes off for one second I found this...

Then one second later, I see this:

Then I looked away for ONE more second, and found this!:

What?! Where did he learn this and how does he know how to do this? And how does he know how to flash that sweet smile when he knows he might be up to something he's not supposed to be doing?! I can only figure it must be from Kali, or maybe his daddy. That sweet smile melts my heart, so how will this kid ever be disciplined? Oh, I guess it's all a matter of time. Can't get mad at him yet, that for sure!

Here he is this morning, getting into things...(Auntie Lauren wanted to see him when she woke up this morning, so she got a special video delivery.) Excuse the mess of his closet.

 

Into everything!!! Getting scared of what he's going to be like when he actually starts walking!